When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.

Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.